Posted on January 21st, 2009 by CAGW Staff
Back in 2007, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) chastised the submission of an antitrust complaint by a Norway-based web browser company, Opera, against Microsoft. Opera Software, wanted the European Commission (EC) to force Microsoft to unbundle Internet Explorer (IE) from its Windows operating system or have competitors’ browsers installed along with IE. According to an article in [...]
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Posted on January 9th, 2009 by Leslie Paige
Today the Government Accountability Office released its most recent assesment of how secure your personal tax information is within the confines of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)….turns out, not too safe at all, especially from internal threats! Get the highlights here, and read the whole thing here. Aside from the fact that this sort of disturbing information [...]
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Posted on January 9th, 2009 by Leslie Paige
U.S. News & World Report writes about just one of the multitude of outrages contained in the now-infamous U.S. Conference of Mayors so-called “shovel ready” list of infrastructure projects. The town featured in this article, which is asking for $375 million from the new economic stimulus package is a not-so-bustling metropolis of…..of 194 residents! This laughable list emerged [...]
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Posted on January 5th, 2009 by CAGW Staff
Talking about getting rid of government waste has become popular. If it were a fashion, it would be the hottest color coming out of Italy. President-elect Barack Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are talking a good game. Obama wants to cut earmarks and now, according to a January 5, 2009 MSNBC.com [...]
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